Vehicle profile
2000 Volvo S40
Sedan · Compact Cars

Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 160 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 1.9L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2000 Compact Cars
- 0.24× the 4.09 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2000 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
03V474000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUMON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, WATER CAN ENTER THE ELECTRICAL BRAKE VACUUM PUMP, CAUSING THE PUMP TO FAIL.
Consequence: THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER ASSIST AND AN INCREASE IN NEEDED BRAKE PEDAL FORCE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PUMP WITH A NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION AND MOVE THE PUMP TO A NEW LOCATION. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT VOLVO AT 1-800-458-1552.
2003-11-17
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"year": 2000,
"make": "Volvo",
"model": "S40",
"trim": null,
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"cylinders": 4,
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"fuel_type": "Premium gasoline",
"body_class": "Compact Cars",
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"recall_count": 1
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